True, I'm not forced. I would rather discuss our European adventures, and the chance of finishing best of the rest in the EPL, and I was happy enough with that until this popped up last week.
Wow, this is looking pretty daft now. Won 4/4 since we beat them, including against Leicester and Arsenal, can potentially go 8th by winning their game in hand, above the Bitters and well clear of the drop.
Damn good job given he has such a sh*t set of players at his disposal.
Yet Zidane has his team the best part of 20 points behind Barca and in 4th
I think you know me well enough over the last 7 years, to know that it wasn't going to get a free pass.
Winning two La Liga titles with Valencia, a couple of UEFA Cups here and there, the EUROPEAN CUP, the FA Cup, Coppa Italia, Club World Cup, adored by the purists, respected amongst his peers across the football world. I'd love to see you hold me to account if I held those honours and level of esteem.
In fairness to you, you don't, so I won't. I just hold your post to account instead.
Unfortunately, nowhere in that roll of honour that includes that incredible Coppa Italia, is the phrase "won EPL title with Liverpool", despite having all of 6 years to achieve just that. Which is what should be the most important record of all. Also, I don't know what purists you know, but there were not too many adoring him when he went to every top side this season, including us, and parked the bus, or when he took 1 point from 10 games, or when he went on that 5-6 home game winless run, or even when he went out of the League Cup to Nottingham Forest at home in the very first round.
Someone else down the road has an even longer roll of honour. He is with justification now dismissed as, Pulis with a chequebook. Someone with 3 EPL league titles has just announced his resignation, not at the top of his profession, but as someone whose plans and tactics are 10 years out of date.
Next week, we will still be in the top 4, and preparing for the last 4 in Europe. We'll be a world away from 8th and even more so from 10th. That's more in the also ran category, rather than the successful season one.
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